``"We are not surprised in the least, but are very disappointed that Florida chooses to ignore these huge problems," Clarkson said Friday about the end of the investigations.

Hundreds of thousands of Florida homeowners have faced foreclosure since the housing market crashed and the economy crumbled. Such law firms as Shapiro & Fishman, and the Law Offices of David J. Stern in Plantation, were hired by lenders to push through cases.''